Francis O.J. Smith correspondence

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unitid

{"value"=>"MssCol 2784", "type"=>"local_call"}

{"value"=>"2784", "type"=>"local_mss"}

unittitle

{"value"=>"Francis O.J. Smith correspondence"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1828-1870", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1828/1870"}

physdesc

{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>".2 linear foot (12 folders)"}], "supress_display"=>true}

date_inclusive_start

1828

date_inclusive_end

1870

origination

{"value"=>"Smith, Francis O. J. (Francis Ormond Jonathan), 1806-1876", "type"=>"persname"}

bioghist

{"value"=>"<p>Francis Ormond Jonathan Smith (1806-1876) was a lawyer, businessman and United States Congressman from Maine, 1833-1839. Smith assisted Samuel F.B. Morse in introducing the electric telegraph.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

scopecontent

{"value"=>"<p>Collection consists of Smith's correspondence with Amos Kendall, Ezra Cornell, Eliphalet Case, J.J. Speed, Jr., and others, but not including Morse, relating primarily to political matters. Some letters deal with the introduction of the electric telegraph.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

acqinfo

{"accession_number"=>"MSS 36M?"}

{"date"=>"1936", "source"=>"Goodspeed", "method"=>"Purchase", "value"=>"Purchase, Goodspeed, 1936"}

altformavail

{"value"=>"<p>Entire collection available on microfilm; New York Public Library</p>"}

keydate

1828

prefercite

{"value"=>"Francis O.J. Smith correspondence, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library"}

abstract

{"value"=>"Francis Ormond Jonathan Smith (1806-1876) was a lawyer, businessman and United States Congressman from Maine, 1833-1839. Smith assisted Samuel F.B. Morse in introducing the electric telegraph. Collection consists of Smith's correspondence with Amos Kendall, Ezra Cornell, Eliphalet Case, J.J. Speed, Jr., and others, but not including Morse, relating primarily to political matters. Some letters deal with the introduction of the electric telegraph.", "generated"=>true}

extent_statement

.2 linear feet (12 folders)

date_start

1828

date_end

1870

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